Steering tongue



. 1,469,834 J. B. HATHAWAY ET AL STEERING TONGUE I Get. 9, 19230 Filed April 15, 1922 f1OI1t and rear sections and a spriiw re- 7 JUNVYIUS BRUCE HArnAwAY error 'STEERITNG TONGUE.

AND ALFRED anemniin" MANITOIBA, cnn nA Y en -iT Ei Application filed April 15, 1 92 2'. serial-no. 552,921.

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Be it known that we, .JUNIUS -Bimo'n HATHAWAY and ALFRED REGINALD MoDIAa rum-subjects of the King of Great Britain, and residents of thecity of Brandon, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steering Tongues, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in tongues and particularly to a steering tongue and as utilized on plowsfand such like 'agri cultural implements and anobject of the iii-1 vention is to provide asteering tongue arranged and constructed'so that it is not apt to be broken by the draft animals, as at, 1 I

i of. This spring actsto'restrain to alimit present where stiff tongues are used.

WVith the above more important object in view the invention consists essentially in a tongue formed from" pivotally connected straining the swinging movement of the frontsection the arts b6111 arran ed. j

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Fig. 1 is a side view of the ton appears attached to a plow. a V p a F ig. 2 is anenlarged detailed side view of a portion of the tongue. V Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of a por tion of the tongue. Fig. 4; is a verticalsection thetongue at 4--'i Fig. V

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gue as it al view through ence indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

attaching to implements.

erence numeral '1, is "drawn by the draft animals which are hitched to the head 2 of the plow. The plow is steered by a steering tongue having the rearlend connected to, the spindle 3, which is provided at the lower end with a wheel 4..

The steering tongue which we provide is {formed from a front section 5 and a rear section 6. The rear end of the rear section is" connected in the usual manner by" a swivel joint 7 to the upper end of the spindle-3, 'whilst the forward end of the front section is provided on the undersidewith the customary neck yoke stop 8. V 7 V It will be observed that the rear end of the front section of the tongue underlies the forward end 'ofthe rearsection and that the Thistongue is particularly constructed for plows or such like agriculturalwith a :vertically' disposed pivot bolt M a -r 1 im cm. 1

. forward end of'jthe' rear sectionis provided which supports swivelly a stirrup or d'ouble' eared hanger 10. This. hanger 1 spans the tongue .5 and is connected to the .-latter 11 passing through one of a number of adusting openings 12 provided in the ton ue'5.

According to this arrangement it will be obvious'that' the tongue section 5 can swing 60. tongue by a horizontally disposed pivot bolt 1 i laterally or vertically according to the circumstanceQ To the rear end of the tongue section 5 we connect a spring 13, the rear end of which is attached by means of a link 14 to an eye 15 located rearwardly of the tongue section 6 and on the underside thereof extent,the swinging movement of the front tongue section and normallymaim' v tains the tongue sections in parallelism; The tongue which we provide',-and as hereinbefore described, will 'operate'to steer the plow" in the samezmanner as the ordinary stiff tongue, but by providing the swivel g l 'sibility'of the tongue becoming broken such joint and spring there is practically nopos' as by the draft anim als treading on it'or crowding it. Obviously, if the animals crowd. too heavily on the front endofthe'fl8 V section 5 it willswinglaterallyfand should a draft animal step on the tongue it will.

the rear of the front end of the rear sec 'tion,a,pivot fastening connecting the fore Q ward-end of the-rear section to the adjoining j a rear end of the forward section'passingto The plow indlcated generallyby the refportion of the front section, said pivot fasJ "teniiigpermitting of the lateral andvertical I swinging of the 'front section" and a spring yieldingly connecting the rear end" of the front section-to" the rear part of the rear section.

2. In a steering tongue, a rear tongue secs ,7

-tion, a front tongue section, the rear'end of the-front section underlying theforwa rd end oftherear section,a pivot bolt extendfing verticallytlirough the forwardendof 'theirearsectiom-a stirrupcarried by the bolt and spanning the front section, .a horizontally disposed 'pivot bolt carried by the .stir- J rup and. passing through the frontltongue I section and a spring connecting the rear end of the front section to the rear part of the rear section.

3. A steering tongue comprising normallj aligned sections and connecting means and rear sections, a bracket swivelled to one section and a removable hinge pin supported bythe bracket and passing through one of a plurality of holes formed inthe remaining section.

5. Asteering tongue comprising a pair of sections, means hingedly and swivell'y connectmg the sections together 110;}38111111] 1ndcpendent vertical and lateral movement of one section and yielding means normally maintaining the sections in substantial alignment. g I

Signed at Brandon, Man, this 27th day of March, 1922. r

" r EUNIUS BRUCE HATHAWAY.

ALFRED REGINALD McDIARMID.

I In the presence of' A. H. RENN,' H. A. 

